Gu Yunfei was promoted as a military marshal by all the commanders, and discussed the military situation with the generals in the marshal tent, with a melancholy face."
Now Gao Yongkuan led the army and Kunshan Li Mingcheng to attack from the north and south, Li Hongzhang's Huai army is eyeing Nanxiang Town, we are now suffering from the enemy, everyone talk about what to do now" The generals exchanged heads and whispered.I only heard Chang Linlong, the commander of the right division, yell, and said contemptuously, "What else can I do, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, I don't believe that Gao Yongkuan's kid has three heads and six arms." ”Zuo Shixian, the former teacher, echoed with the same idea.At this time, Jiang Gui, who spoke the least among the five division commanders, stood up and objected, "We now have more than 23,000 soldiers and horses, most of which are only issued with knives, guns, and wooden sticks, and only five or six thousand elite soldiers are issued with foreign guns.Gao Yongkuan is fierce this time, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, we must not fight hard, either take refuge in the Qing court and use the power of the Qing court to protect ourselves, or fight to the death and break out of the encirclement in order to stand on our own. ”Some of the generals in the room nodded in agreement.The main battle and the main surrender quarreled and argued.Gao Yongkuan was silent for a while, and then comforted the generals and said, "Everyone disperse first, Rong Benshuai will think about it again, and he will definitely give the brothers a result tomorrow." ”Qiao Zhiqing and Wang Shumao went all the way down the river, and most of the villages on both sides were empty, the land was barren and overgrown with weeds.Qiao Zhiqing's face was deep and he couldn't help lamenting, and the bow of the independent boat remembered Du Fu's spring look, "The country is broken by mountains and rivers, and the city is deep in spring.""
The owner doesn't have to be sentimental, as soon as the long-haired thief is removed, I think this place will soon return to its former prosperity." ”Wang Shumao stood behind Qiao Zhiqing and comforted him affirmatively."
You don't understand, the hairy thief is just a superficial dirt, and what really caused all this is the rotten imperial court, this mediocre system.If they hadn't forced the people to be cornered, and no one would have rushed to rebel with a full stomach, we would not have to treat not only the symptoms, but also the root causes. ”Wang Shumao knew that Qiao Zhiqing had always acted well, but he didn't expect him to say such a rebellious thing, and he was surprised for a while and had nothing to answer, and it took a long time to say, "We don't understand what you're talking about, but we believe you, no matter what the owner does, we will follow you." ”Qiao Zhiqing smiled and patted Wang Shumao's shoulder, "It's Jiading City in front, let's go meet old friends." ”Gu Yunfei went up to the city wall alone, looking at the devastated battlefield around him, he couldn't help but feel sad, from a begging child to a marshal who commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and only he knew the hardships during the period."
Big brother, have you decided what to do" Lin Quanbao followed up the city wall and stood behind Gu Yunfei.Gu Yunfei sighed and said with all his heart, "I know what the brothers think, we can only settle down if we take refuge in the Qing court, but the Qing court is all people who are untrustworthy, and I am afraid that the brothers will not be able to escape the catastrophe in the end." ”"What the eldest brother said is true, now my Taiping army is divided, the king of wings is defeated and left Sichuan, the king of England is alone in Luzhou, the loyal king is mediocre and does not look at it, and the defeat of the kingdom of heaven is also a matter of time, since the eldest brother also has the intention of defecting to the Qing court, his subordinates boldly recommend one person to the eldest brother."
Lin Quanbao's bold admonition."
Do you mean Qiao Zhiqing," the corners of Gu Yunfei's mouth twitched."
It is this person, according to his subordinates, this person is definitely not a thing in the pool, and his future achievements may not be under Zeng Guofan.And he was generous, not as fierce as the butcher.After attacking the city of Suzhou, he did not kill a single soldier, and gave everyone a fare to go home, and many of my soldiers who escaped were full of praise for him, if we followed him, we would definitely do something. ”"It's not like I haven't thought about what you said, but last time he let us go in Jiading City, but we followed King Mu to attack Jiading in turn, I'm worried that he won't accept us."
Gu Yunfei said the problem that had plagued him for a long time."
What the eldest brother said is right, no matter what the eldest brother decides, the brother will follow you."
Lin Quanbao's face was arrogant, and he didn't say anything more.The two of them were silent, when suddenly a soldier came over to preach, "Tell the marshal, there are two Suzhou merchants outside the city who want to see him, saying that there is a discussion with the marshal." ”"Suzhou businessman" Lin Quanbao shouted out in surprise when he heard it."
Say Cao Cao Cao will arrive, bring them up."
Gu Yunfei commanded the soldiers, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, the one who should have come has come.After a while, Qiao Zhiqing and Wang Shumao went up to the city wall, saw Gu Yunfei looking at each other and smiling, clasped his fists and saluted, "Brother Gu, we meet again." ”Looking at each other, Gu Yunfei chuckled lightly and asked, "Brother Qiao is not good at guarding the city in Suzhou, why do you have to come here" Qiao Zhiqing took a few steps forward, stood beside Gu Yunfei, and said, "I need Brother Gu's help with one thing." ”"Brother Joe just said it doesn't matter."
Gu Yunfei looked at Qiao Zhiqing squarely, iron-clad and heroic."
I want to give the people of the world a peaceful and prosperous world."
Qiao Zhiqing's face was sincere and heroic."
I've thought about the countless times you've met me, but I never guessed that you would say these things to me."
Gu Yunfei's voice trembled excitedly."
Brother Gu, don't make mistakes again and again, come and help me."
Qiao Zhiqing's eyes were full of expectation, but his tone was very calm, just chatting with an old friend."
You are really for the people of the world" "Seriously, if you violate this heart, people and gods will be angry." ”Gu Yunfei's body trembled, gritted his teeth and knelt down at Qiao Zhiyi, "Brother Qiao, don't say much, let's Gu Yunfei do it with you, before and after the saddle, everything is at your disposal." ”The soldiers on the city wall, unaware of what was happening, knelt down with them.Qiao Zhiqing hurriedly helped Gu Yunfei up, and laughed, "I knew that my trip would not be in vain, Brother Gu is really a hero, happy" Everyone laughed loudly, in just a few words, the fate of the two people was connected, in Gu Yunfei's eyes, no one was more trustworthy than Qiao Zhiqing.Qiao Zhiqing successfully received Gu Yunfei's more than 20,000 soldiers, and on the same day, Wang Shijie took advantage of Li Mingcheng's southward march to Jiading, and took Kunshan County without firing a shot, and joined forces with Jiading City.Qiao Zhiqing immediately decided to send troops to Taicang Mansion to connect the entire Soviet and Eastern battlefields and completely cut off Li Xiucheng's road to the north.The news of Gu Yunfei's surrender reached Shanghai, and Li Hongzhang was so excited that he didn't close his eyes all night, and hurriedly reported this great achievement to the imperial court, praised Qiao Zhiqing fiercely, and said that Li Xiucheng's forces would be completely eradicated in a few days, and Jiangsu would never have to worry about it.The court only received a report of the recovery of Fuzhou not long ago, and it was not clear where Qiao Zhiqing came from, and received the news of the great victory in Jiading, which was full of 20,000 thieves and surrendered, which really made the old guys in the court happy, thinking that it was the manifestation of the Qing Taizu, who protected the Qing Dynasty in the dark, and asked the queen mother of the two palaces to set up an altar to worship the ancestors, and rewarded Qiao Zhiqing heavily.The Queen Mother of the Two Palaces traced it for several days to find out Qiao Zhiqing's life experience, and it turned out that she was still the younger brother of Qiao Zhiyuan, the champion of the new department.Qi Junzao also valued Qiao Zhiqing's identity as a fellow villager, so he highly recommended it.Since ancient times, Shanxi has been heavy on business and light on literature, and there are very few people who are officials, and Qi Junzao is weak in the DPRK, and now the power of Huaixiang and Hunan is getting stronger and stronger, and it is unstable to gain a firm foothold in the DPRK without attracting some helpers.Qiao Zhiqing is just in line with Qi Junzao's intentions, he made this peerless achievement at a young age, and he is subordinate to Li Hongzhang's Huaijun, no matter how much he recommends him, others can't see his thoughts, and he thinks that he is high-spirited and speaks for the children of Huaixiang.On the day the decree was issued, Qiao Zhiqing had already returned to Suzhou with a large army.Gao Yongkuan and Li Mingcheng's 100,000 army was originally a rabble, and after seeing Qiao Zhiqing and Gu Yunfei uniting, they all retreated to Qingpu Cheng without daring to fight, and the angry Li Xiucheng scolded the two of them and ordered them to lead 20,000 troops to defend Qingpu City, and cooperate with the Tingwang Chen Bingwen Department stationed in Songjiang District to hold Shanghai.He personally led an army of 150,000 through Huzhou to Nanjing.Hong Tianwang is really angry this time, since Zeng Guoquan attacked Nanjing, he has not slept peacefully, and ordered all the kings to return to Nanjing, but none of them complied, they were all delayed again and again.King Hong Tianwang severely criticized all the kings in the holy decree, and ordered the kings to immediately retreat to defend Nanjing, and if they resisted the decree again, they would be immediately removed from their posts and investigated.History is a joke here, originally Li Xiucheng led the army to withdraw to Jiangsu, and only sent more than 10,000 soldiers back to Nanjing.But after Qiao Zhiqing raided Jiangsu, he flashed his wings like a butterfly in the Pacific Ocean, and everything changed.King Zhong not only returned to Nanjing, but also brought 150,000 soldiers and horses.Qiao Zhiqing happily accepted the canonization of Emperor Tongzhi, and replied with a letter of thanks of more than 1,000 words to his fellow countryman Qi Junzao in the court.The second brother Qiao Zhiyuan, who was also the prefect of Yan'an Mansion, also sent a letter to Qiao Zhiqing, praising Qiao Zhiqing heavily, and there were hundreds of emotions in the letter, and he praised the younger brother who did not learn and did not know how to do it, and told Qiao Zhiqing that there was no need to worry about the business of the family, and there was already a big business in Pingyao to inject capital into the Qiao family, and no interest was charged.Qiao Zhiqing finally let go of his heart, he used to blame himself for ignoring his ancestral industry and acting recklessly, when he heard the news, he had no worries at all, and wrote back to his second brother, telling him to take care of his body, and to calm down the long-haired rebellion in a few days, so he went home to worship his ancestors, and asked the second brother to step up military training and beware of the increasingly powerful twisting army."
Young master, everyone has taken it."
After releasing the carrier pigeon, Ma Xun suddenly shouted a greeting outside the house.Qiao Zhiqing walked out of the house with a smile, and the two big red sedan chairs slowly fell down in the Zhongwang Mansion
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